Bronchus

Word BRONCHUS
Character 8
Hyphenation bron chus
Pronunciations /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Bronchus"

What do we mean by bronchus?

Either of two main branches of the trachea, leading directly to the lungs. noun

Either of the two main branches of the trachea: also sometimes used to denote any small bronchial tube. See trachea, lung, and cut under thorax. noun

One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions. noun

Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs. noun

Either of the two main branches of the trachea noun

Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bronchus

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The word "bronchus" in example sentences

Main bronchus occlusion for treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in fetal lambs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The right bronchus is shorter, wider, and more nearly vertical than its fellow of the opposite side, and is practically the continuation of the trachea, while the left bronchus might be considered as a branch. ❋ Chevalier Jackson (1911)

Sometimes the cancer cells will be right around the trachea, right around the bronchus, which is some of the cells in the lung and typically that cancer will develop in that area. ❋ Unknown (2005)

For example, lung and bronchus cancer killed 2.31 men for every 1 woman. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Say a dose of virus particles is inhaled as an aerosol into your bronchus. ❋ Grrm (2010)

For Fitz, with the lung tumor wrapped ominously around her bronchus, the biggest hurdle had been the local control of her cancer. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

The cells in her bronchus, he began, had acquired mutations in their genes that had allowed them to grow autonomously and uncontrollably. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

The man visits a physician and a CT scan is performed, revealing a rindlike mass wrapped around a bronchus in the lung. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

It seems as though they go from sinus to bronchus to lungs and before it ends, they go backwards causing all the discharges that they produced the first time. ❋ E (2009)

The bronchus is any of the trachea that has cartilage and mucus glands in its walls. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The main bronchus splits into two bronchi, one going to either lung. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In addition, the WHO estimated that indoor smoke from solid fuel causes about one-third of lower respiratory infections, about one-fifth of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and approximately 1 per cent of cancers of the trachea, bronchus and lung [62]. ❋ Unknown (2007)

WHO estimated that particulates (see Box 2.5) in urban areas worldwide cause about 2 per cent of mortality from cardiopulmonary disease in adults, 5 per cent of mortality from cancers of the trachea, bronchus and lung, and about 1 per cent of mortality from acute respiratory infections in children, amounting to about 1 per cent of premature deaths in the world each year [61]. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He died at the hospital where an autopsy showed a plastic peg from a toy had become lodged in his left bronchus .. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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